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The people of Westeros would appreciate Obama's latest power grab

By Ryan Teague Beckwith, Digital First Media

Updated:
02/14/2014 12:56:03 AM EST

The people of Westeros would appreciate Obama's latest power grab

Winter is coming a little earlier for President Obama.According to the New York Times, the president pulled aside an HBO executive at Tuesday's state dinner to request that he get advanced DVDs of "Game of Thrones," a dark fantasy series with the tagline "winter is coming" whose next season won't air until April:After his conversation, Mr. Obama waved over one of his aides to make sure that Mr. Plepler knew where to send the DVDs to ensure they would make ...